Hose-nozzle.



No. 683,3!7. Patented Sept. 24, I90I. J.MGBOYLE.

HOSE NZZLE.

(Application led May 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

.'NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MCBOYLE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HOSE-NOZZLE.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,317, dated September 24, 1901.

Application tiled May 7, 1901. Serial No. 59,125. `(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MCBOYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented. cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Nozzles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The present linvention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in that class of nozzles used for attachment to hose for lawnsprinkling purposes or to any form of hose where the water is discharged therefrom in a solid or compact stream; andthe object of the invention is to provide a nozzle so constructed as to permit of a solid stream being thrown thereby or by means of which the solid stream may be broken and the water be sprayed; and a further object of the invention is to so arrange the interior of the nozzle shell or body as to provide a countersunk seat for the coupling-washer, so that the washer will not be lost or separated from the nozzle during handling while detached from the hose.

To understand the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View; Fig. 2, a top plan view of the nozzle, showing the position of the spray-plate to spray the stream. Fig. 3 is a side View in elevation; Fig. 4, a bottom plan view illustrating the spray-plate outof line with the stream. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, in end elevation, on line Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the spray-plate and its rotatable disk.

In the drawings the letter A is used to indicate the nozzle-tube, and A the internallyscrew-threaded body portion thereof. For convenience in attaching the nozzle tothe coupling of .the hose the body portion is formed with the two outer circular milled ridges l 2. The interior surface of ridge l is cut away in order to form a countersunk seat 3 for the reception of the coupling-washer B. The washer being thus held within the body portion of the nozzle it cannot drop from its seat or become lost as the nozzleis detached from the hose-coupling.

The tube portion A of the nozzle is formed with an external seat d, which accommodates a band B' and prevents the same slipping endwise, although left free to turn or rotate therein. By means of this band the spray-plate C is held to the nozzle-tube portion, which is held a slight distance in advance of the discharge end of the nozzle. This spray-plate stands at an upward inclination, and it is attached at its lower end to the rotatable disk C'. The said disk C' is fitted or lies between the upper and lower plates D D'. The lower plate D is circular in form, excepting for the projecting end b, which end piece is formed with the upwardly-extending side walls or uprights b'. of the nozzle-tube and act as a strengtheningsupport for the lower plate D. The upper plate D' is shaped to conform to that of the plate D and disk C' and Ais provided with an extension-piece d2. Said extension-piece tits between the uprights b and abuts against the wall d of the enlarged body portion A of the nozzle. The rotatable disk is formed with the openings or slots l 2 3', through which pass the rivets 4: 5 6, used to unite the upper and lower plates D D. The rivets 4 and 5 also serve to unite the clamp-band B' to the upper plate D' and to secure the same Within its seat a. By this means of connection the entire spray attachment of the nozzle may be turned upon the nozzle-tube, thus permitting the spray-plate being brought into position below the discharge end of the nozzle-tube A. Without such movement being provided for it would be almost impossible to secure proper position for the spray-plate and at the same time insure the nozzle being tightly screwed onto the hose-coupling, for the same number of turns will not answer in all cases to attach the nozzle.

In the bottom plate D is formed an opening d', through which the shank of the thumbnut E passes. The inner square end of this thumb-nut passes through a slot d3 in the disk C' and is then loosely riveted to the upper plateD. By means of the thumb-nut a part rotation may be given to the disk Cin order to turn the spray-plate in or out of line with the solid stream of water discharged from the nozzle. The turn or lateral movement permitted the rotatable disk of the spray-plate is limited by the length of the slots l 2' 3 cut therein, for as the fixed rivets pass therethrough the movement of the disk ceases the These uprights embrace the sides IOO moment the ends of the slots bear against the said rivets. The projecting head of the thumb-nut answers as a support by means of which the nozzle is held at a slight upward inclination While rest-ing upon the ground. Itis obvious that by tnrningthe thumb-nut to the right or left the spray-plate is placed out of or in line with the stream of Water. When in line,the solid stream impinges thereagainst and is diverted upward, and thus converted into a fan-shaped spray. If not desired to spray the stream, the spray-plate is turned to one side, so as to be out of line with the jet of water andthe same permitted to issue in a solid stream.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be protected by Letters Patent, is

l. In a spray-nozzle for Water-hose, the combination with the enlarged body portion, of a nozzle-tube extending therefrom, a seat formed on the exterior of said nozzle-tube, a band loosely fitted therein, an upper and lower plate secured to said band, a disk rotatably held between said plates, an inclined spray-plate extending from said disk in ad- Vance of the nozzle-tube, and means whereby the rotary movement is imparted to the rotatable disk in order to give lateral movement to the spray-plate.

2. In a spraynozzle for Water-hose, the combination with the body portion thereof, of a nozzle-tube extending therefrom, a seat formed on the exterior of said nozzle-tube, a band loosely fitted Within the said seat so as to permit of the nozzle-tube turning freely Within the band, a disk rotatably secured to the 

